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end·game
also end game (ĕnd′gām′)n.
1. Games The final stage of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
2. The final stage of an extended process or course of events: the diplomatic endgame that led to the treaty.
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end′ game`
or end′game`,
n.
the final stage of a game of chess, usu. following the exchange of queens and the serious reduction of forces.
[1880–85]
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| Noun | 1. | end game - the final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| 2. | end game - the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
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